Adjustable hand-stamp.



? T f E) W. DOWLING.

ADJUSTABLE HAND STAMP. APPLIOATION FILED MAR.13, 1914.

1, 1 1 7,007, Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

WITNESSES IN VE/V T0]? &\ mZlzam Jazz/lazy M ATTORNEYS THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOmLlTl-IQ, WASHINGTON, D. l7v

UNITED sT tr s riiTEnr orrio t.

WILLIAM BOWLING, or NEW HAVEN, ooNNEc'rIoUr. I

ADJUSTABLE HAN -STAMP.

provide a hand stampwithan-adjustable frame, for supportinga plurality of removable or interchangeable stamp elements whereby the device may be lengthened or shortened according to the length of. the 1 word, name or legend to be stamped or printed.

A further object. of the invention is to simplify and improve the structural characteristics of the individual stamping ele- I ments above referred to, whereby'they are adapted for the purpose just mentioned.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will hereinafter be more fully set forth and claimed and illustrated "in the drawings forming a part of this specification in which like characters. of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which j Figure 1 is a side elevation, of a device embodying the novel features of this invention, the view being somewhat diagrammatic and being in vertical section at one end; Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse-section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the stamping elements detached. K Y

The several parts of the device may 'be made of any suitable materials, and therelative sizes and proportions, aswell as the general design of the mechanism, may be variedto a considerable extent without departing from the spirit of, the invention hereinafter more fully set forth and SPGClfi? vice, but these members are adapted to be clamped rigidly together when the machine or device is to be used after the deslred number of elements are put in place. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the members 10 and 11 are Specification of Letters i atent. i 10 1 4- Application filed March 13,1914. Serial No. 824,417. K 1. u

provided with registering slots 12 through which a clamping screw 13" operates, said screw having a head l3"fitted into a guide bar 14 and having a flange 18* which prevents the screw from pullingthrough the bar and frame member 11. The'head 13 of the screw is preferably square tojprevent. rotittlOnOf the screw withrespect to the other parts of the device. One of the frame members is 1 preferably concave for cooperation with thejconvex adjacent surface of the other member, whereby they are maintained in proper alinement during all of the various longitudinaladjustments; Thebar 1e may be of any suitable length but preferwhen set ,for; the shortest legend. The bracket members .10 and v11 are provided with arms 10 and 11 arranged parallel to each other and each formed atarrightangle tothe main partof the bar. The two bracket members 10 and 11, together with r their arms, constitute a longitudinally! ex tensible, or collapsible yoke within which the elements: 15 are arranged in interchangeable relation to one another.

' ablycorresponds to thelength offthe' device a As shown in Fig.3 particularly, eachof 1 I the'stamp elements comprises a stirrup 16 f colnprisingtwo parallel. leaves or plateslG? and lo preferably spaced atone end and connected by a bridge 17 at theYotherlend. I

The plate,.16 ,is provided withya plurality of holes 18 into which as, many studs 19 of the plate '16? of the next adjacent stirrup project. These studs provide interlocking means between one stamping elementjand' the next to prevent displacement thereof.

The arm 10 of the main yoke or. frame is.

provided also withstuds -19 cooperating with the plate 16 of the first ,me1nber16.

. 23 extends aroundthe wheel 20 and .the

bridge 17. Said band is provided with type Likewise the opposite arm 11* is provided 'with socketsflStinto which thestuds 19' Said wheelQO includes a disklike flange I characters of any suitable design, depending upon the nature of the device, shown herein'by way of illustration as the letters.

of the alphabet which are intended to be.

bridge, the bridge being substantially fiat made operative in connection with the:

on its face for this purpose. The upper ends of the stirrups are located between the side flanges of the channel bar 14:, that is to say, all of the said stirrups are so located When-the device is set at its shortest length, and when elongated. one or only a few of the stamping elements'are arranged independently of said bar 14. The device, therefore, is substantially stiff in practice and is very easily adapted for names or legends of different lengths by simply loosening the handle 24 to which the nut of the screw is secured and allowing the arms 10 and 11 to be adjusted in relation to each other for the purpose of interchanging the stamping elements 15. Each ofthe elements being open at its. upper end makes it a'comparatively easy matter for a new band 23 to be placed thereon in case it is desired to change the characters without making a change in the device otherwise.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and deslre to secure by Letters Patent:

1 cure the frame elements with the arms spaced from each other at any desired distance, and a series of interchangeable stamping elements arranged between sa d arms and interlocked w th the same and with one another.

2. The herein described adjustable hand stamp including a series of interchangeable elements, all of the same character, each element comprising 'a stirrup having two parallel side plates connected by a bridge, a finger operated wheel journaled between said plates, and a type character band operating over said wheel and bridge, and means to secure the elements of said series together with the side plates of one elementabutting against the plates of the adjacent elements.- r

3. The herein described adjustable hand stamp comprising a frame and a plurality of duplicate interchangeable elements within the frame, each element comprising two side plates, one of the side plates having projections and the other having sockets to receive the projections of the next element,

and an adjustable type character element movably associated with said side plates, substantially as set forth.

4:. The hereindescribed hand stamp comprising a frame and a series of duplicate interchangeable stamping elements arranged 1. The herein described adjustable stamp within the-frame, each of said elements comprising a stirrup having two side plates spaced at one end and connected at their other end with a bridge, an endless type character band arranged within the open end of the stirrup and having another portion thereof extending over said bridge, and means to adjust said band independently of every other element, and means to secure the elements of said series together with the side plates of one element abutting against the plates of'the adjacent elements.

5. In a hand stamp of the character set forth, the combination of a pair of relatively adjustable frame members having parallel arms, said frame members having registering slots, a clamping screw extending throughsaid slots, a handle on the outside of the frame and. cooperating with said clamping screw to lock the frame in adjusted position, one of said arms having a series of sockets and the other having a like number of projections, and a series of interchangeable similarly formed stamping elements between the arms, each of said elements including a pair of side plates, one

the several stamping elements, substantially as set forth.

6. The herein described hand stamp comprising a pair of relatively adjustable frame members having parallel arms, the main portions of the frame members being fitted to each other, one part being concave and the OtllGhCOIlVGXtO prevent lateral distortion, clamping means to secure these parts in any desired position, a channel bar associated with the frame members, and a series of interchangeable similarly constructed stamping elements within the frame and between said arms, the upper ends of the stamping elements extending between the side flanges of the channel bar, and each of said elements including an adjustable type character member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

I IVILLIAM BOWLING.

itnesses:

WVALTER P. HAYns, ARTHUR E. RUeeLEs.

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